Hair-growth-removing implement for nostrils and ears



Oct. 9, 1923. 1,470,527

J. P. CAREY HAIR GROWTH REMOVING IMPLEMENT FQR NO STRILS AND EARS Filed Feb. 27. 1922 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Oct. 9 1923. 1,4705527 J. P. CAREY HAIR GROWTH REMOVING IMPLEMENT FOR NOSTRILS AND EARS Filed Feb. 27. 1922 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented Get. 9, 1923.

\ UNITED JAMES P. CAREY, on NEW YORK, 1v. ,Y.

imiaenowrii-nn'riovrive nviemiam r'on lios'i nrns AND EARS.

Application filed Fe ruar 27, 1922. Serial No. 539,384.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I JAMES P. CAREY, citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hair-Growth-Removing Implements for Nostrils and Ears, of whichthe following is a specification.

This invention relates generally tohair c-lippin devices having more particular reference to a device adapted specially for use in removing undesirable hair growths in the ears or nostrils. The invention has for its object to provide a novel and efficient implement of the above type capable ofbeing readily introduced into the entrancesof the nasal and aural passage and provided with a cuttingdevice which will operate in the necessarily limited space without discomfort to the individual upon whom it is working. I p

For further comprehension of the invention, and of i the objects and advantages thereofrreference will'be had to the following description and accompanying drawings; and to the appended claims in whichthe various novel features of the invention are more particularly set fortln,

Fig. 1 .of the drawings is a side view of a hair cutting 'im plernent W constructed accord ing to'n'iy invention. Fig. 2 is an axial sectional view thereof. Fig. is 'a vertical sectional view ofthe cutting element and its supporting cap removed from the implement, this view being taken at right anglesto Fig. 2.

Fig". 4=is a horizontal section on the line 44: of Fig. 3. 1 i v Fig. 5 is ahorizontal section taken on the line 55 of Fig. 2. i F'g. 6 is an"enlarged horizontal section,

taken on the line 6+6 of Fig. 2. p Fig. 7 is aqfraginentary face view'of modi- Fig; 8 is fragn'ien't'ary vertical sectional view showing a modification designed for adjustment of the stroke of the movable blade, this view being taken on'the line 8-8 ofFig.9. r

Fig; 9 is a sectional view at right angles to Fig. 8. and taken onthe line.9.9 thereof.

Fig. lO is a side view showing the multiple-toothed blades: as mounted on handles -rranged for" direct gripping 'byn the opv a V I v e a in the member 23 extending radial to the crater.

F ig. 11 is an edge view thereof.

F ig. 12 is a side view, with parts broken away, showing a cutting head as in Figs. 1 and 2 arranged for manual operation.

Fig. 13 is ;a transverse sectional view thereof taken on the line 1313 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 14 is asimilarviewto Fig. .12 but showing a further modification.

As here embodiedmy improved hair clipping device comprises a main body 10 suitably shaped to be grasped in thehand and which will be therefore referred to as the. handle. In the forward end of the handle a shallow flat bottomed recess 11 of circular outlineis'forined, and in this'recess is locat ed a disk 12 having an eccentrically disposed annular groove 13 in its outer face. This 1 disk is fixed on the forward end of a spindle 14 journaledin the handle and entending.

rearwardly through an axial passage 15 in the latter. This spindleis held against axial" displacement by a collar'15 fixed to the rear end thereof bya screw 16. The spindle is formed with a socket '17 into which projects the end of a flexible shaft 1.8 of ordinary construction such asused in dental machines,

and which maybe secured thereto in a well known manner.

Mounted on the forward. end ofthe handle 10 and covering the recess 11 in whichis the disk .12 is a flanged cap 20 the flange 20" whereof engages over the circumferential, wall of the handle andhis held thereon'hy frictional engagement. i v

Projecting forwardly fromthe cap 'is a holloweonical extension 22 which est-ends parallel to the spindle 14 but eccentricthere to the "lowerend of this extension having a I fi'xed'di'sk 23 extending thereacross. The eX- tension.22.may be fixed in the cap20 in any suitable manner. 1 3 1 Formed, on, and projecting forwardly from, the extension 22 is a fixed "cutter blade 25 whose inner, or operative, face ties substantially in a plane radial to the axis of spindle 14, and which is provided with cut ting teeth'26i Cooperatingwith-i this blade 25 is a movable blade 27 having teeth 28 andwhich is pivoted to a'stud' 29 fixed in i the base of the blade. Fixed to theblade 27 and projecting inwardly through the hollow extension:22, is an arm 30 whoseinner end engages in the BCCGIllZI'lO groove 13 in the disk 12. This arm extends througha slot 31 spindle 1 1, the walls of this slot forminga guide for the inner end of the arm, eccen ing broadly a trically grooved disk compris cam element.

It is believed that the manner of operation of my improved hair clipping device will be readily understood. from the above description, theengagement of the arm 30 with" the eccentric groove in disk 12 causing. the movable blade 27 to be oscillated when disk 12 is rotated, as will be apparent.

As indicated in Fig. 7 I may provide the cutting blades with teeth 35. which are sharpened on both sides sons to operate in both directions. i

the bushing 39 to engage indifferent notches in the slots 38 the fulcrum of the blade'27, and in consequence the degree of movement thereof 'onblade 25 may be varied. v 1 .i In the embodiment of the invention shown in Figs. 10and 11 I mount a pair of cutting blades 50 and 51, similar to theblades 25 and 27, upon handles 52 and 53which are provided at their outer ends with-thumband finger grips 54 and 55,-the bladesf being pivoted together as at 56, this pivot point having the same relation to the multipleteeth 57 of the blades as the pivot 290i the blades 25 and 27 has to the teeth thereof.

In Figs. 12'and 13 I show awmodification in which the movable blade is operated by an arm engaging a grooved disk as in Figs. land 2 but the disk is adapted for manual rotation. In this construction, I provide a cap corresponding to the cap 20and having projecting therefrom an extension 22 carry ing a fixed blade 25 and-a movable blade 27 operated by an arm 30" engaging'in' a groove 13 in a disk 12 located in the cap, these parts as so far describedheingsimilar to the corresponding partsshowniii Figs; 1 and 2. in the present instance the flange of the-cap 'is extended to forma casing across whichextendsa spider 61 which sup ports the disk 12 The disk is fixed ona trunnion .62 which extends through the spider and has fixed thereon a gear pinion 63 meshing with a gear segmented." This segment'64t is fulcrumed on astud 65 fixed vided with a thumb grip 68, whilethe gear segment 64: is formed integral with a handle 69 provided with a finger grip 70, the handle 69 projecting through a suitable slot in the casing element 66. A coiled tension spring 71, connected at one end to the casing element-GG and at its opposite end to the segment (5st, normally urges the handles 67 and 69 apart.

In Fig. 14 I have indicated a further extension of this modification in which the pinion 63 is engaged by a gear to which is eccentrically connected a link 76 connected also to a bell crank extension 77 from a movable handle 78 which is pivoted as at 79. in a supporting casing indicated at 80 the casing 80 being fixed on a handle 81. .Vith this latter arrangement a constant rotation. of thedisk'in one direction is obtained, v ;.l;:laving I claim as new and desire to protect by Lette'rs Patent of the United States is as follows:

: 1. A device of the class described comprising a supporting body, a hollow diminished extension therefrom, a fixed blade and an oscillatory blade carried on the outer end of said extension, and an arm extending from said oscillatory blade through said extension for oscillating saidblade, and a dially with respect to said firstdisk.

1 '2. A device of the class described comprising ahandle, a rotary drive element carried thereby, a hollow member' extending forward from said handle eccentric to said rotary drive element, a fixed blade on said hollow member, an oscillatory blade, and an operative connection extending through said hollow member fr'omsaid rotary drive mem her to said oscillatory blade, said rotary drive member comprising a disk having an eccentric groove in the face'thereof, and said operative connection comprising an arm fixedto said oscillatory blade and engaging in said groove, and a guide member for said afrm adjacent said disk.

3. A device of the class described comprising a handle, a rotary drive element carried thereby. a hollow member extending forward from saidhandle eccentric to said rotary drive element, a fixed blade on said hollow member, an oscillatory blade, and'an operative connection extendingthrough said hollow member from Said rotary drive member to said oscillatory blade, said rotary drive member comprising a disk having an eccentric groove in the face thereof, and said operative connection comprising an armfixed thus described my invention what to said oscillatory blade and engaging in said groove, and a guide member for said arm adjacent said disk, said guide member comprising a second disk in the rear end of said hollow member and having a slot therein radial with respect to said first disk.

4. A device of the class described comprising a handle having a recess in one; end, a

spindle extending through said handle, a disk on said spindle located in said recess and having an eccentric groove in its face, a cap on said handle covering said disk, a hollow conical extension projecting forwardly from said cap eccentric to said disk, a second disk in the inner end of said extension having a slot therein extending radially With respect to said first disk, a fixed blade on the end of said extension, an oscillatory blade pivoted to said fixed blade, and an arm fixed to said oscillatory blade and extending through said slot and into said groove.

5. A device of the class described comprising a handle having a recess in one end, a

spindle extending through said handle, a

disk on said spindle located in said recess and having an eccentric groove 1ni1ts face, a cap on said handle cover1ngsa1dd1sk,a

hollow conical extension projecting for- Wardly from'said cap eccentric to said disk, a second disk in the inner end of said extension having a slot therein extending radially with respect to said first disk, a fixed blade on the end of said extension, an oscillatory blade pivoted to said fixed blade and an arm fixed to said oscillatory blade and extending through said slot and into said groove, and a drive shaft connected to said spindle.

6. A device of the class described comprising a supporting body, a diminished extension therefrom, and cutting elements including an oscillatory blade carried by said ex tension, and means for adjusting the pivot,

point of said oscillatory'blade.

7. In a device of the class described, a fixed blade and an oscillatory-blade having slots therein formed with serrated side Walls, and a fulcrum element for said oscillatory blade including membersadapted to engage in the serrations in said side Walls.

In testimony whereof I have affixed signature.v i

i v JAMES P. CAREY; 

